Posts by NanaR

tom cabeen, former jehovah's witness bethel elder and pioneer will be interviewed on ewtn's "the journey home" on his conversion to the catholic church on may 19th.

you can read tom's story at:

http://www.catholicxjw.com/

Phone Interview with Tom Cabeen 5/16/08 on Catholicism

by Dogpatch in

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phone interview with tom cabeen 5/16/08.

http://www.freeminds.org/media/cabeeninterview.htm.

former jehovah's witness.

NanaR

Randy:

I'm looking forward to it ;-)

Thanks for the heads up!

Ruth

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I Do Not Understand Why JWs Leave & Become Catholics!

by minimus in

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out of all religions, catholicism, to me, is wrong and clearly could never be the truth.

NanaR

AK Jeff:

I wanted to stand up and cheer when I read this:

One of the things we did as Jw's was constant attack on other religions. I am happy to see so many xjws here willing to defend a religion other than Jw's against attack. The arguments/counters are less significant to me than is the fact that we have become more willing to reason on matters like this.

Any statement that begins “I do not understand” (as the OP) should indicate a beginning of a search for understanding. There is nothing to be afraid of in examining various religious perspectives.

Here are a few books that I have enjoyed and can recommend:

First, a LITTLE book written about a hundred years ago that presents a different perspective on the history of the Bible:

Where We Got the Bible... Our Debt to the Catholic Church (Paperback)
by Henry G. Graham (Author)

http://www.amazon.com/Where-Bible-Debt-Catholic-Church/dp/0895557967/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210419156&sr=1-2

Next, a very interesting read regarding the Early Church Fathers:

Four Witnesses: The Early Church in Her Own Words (Paperback)
by Rod Bennett (Author)

http://www.amazon.com/Four-Witnesses-Early-Church-Words/dp/0898708478/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210419236&sr=1-1

The best explanation I have ever read of the Orthodox (a very ancient and beautiful religion) approach:

Sweeter Than Honey: Orthodox Thinking on Dogma And Truth (Foundations Series, Bk. 3) (Paperback)
by Peter C. Bouteneff (Author)

http://www.amazon.com/Sweeter-Than-Honey-Orthodox-Foundations/dp/0881413070/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210421150&sr=1-4

A beautiful book by an Anglican Christian:

Mere Christianity (Paperback)
by C. S. Lewis (Author)

http://www.amazon.com/Mere-Christianity-C-S-Lewis/dp/0060652926/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210421326&sr=1-2

I have included Amazon links so that you can investigate the books further. I'm not a book salesman (ANY MORE!!) If you are near a good library, you might be able to get them there.

Maybe others can list reading selections from their perspectives.

Pax,

Ruth

http://nanaruthann.blogspot.com

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Dream On, Brother [and Sister], Dream On!!!

by Rapunzel in

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) is any one here capable of remembering his/her dreams?.

) does anyone believe that dreams - and the analysis/interpretation of dream - provide a "key" to solve any of life's problems?

can the analysis/interpretation of one's dreams be therapeutic?.

I used to work on difficult calculus problems late at night, give up, go to bed, and then work the problem in my dream -- arriving at the right answer! When I got up in the morning, I wrote it down ;-)

Our dreams allow our minds to work in a way that they may not be able to when we are dealing with the distractions of the daytime.

Ruth

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I Do Not Understand Why JWs Leave & Become Catholics!

by minimus in

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out of all religions, catholicism, to me, is wrong and clearly could never be the truth.

NanaR

Both positions require you to judge others based on what they believe about a set of man-made religious doctrines.

Catholicism does not require me to ever judge others, at all. At every Mass, I am called upon to examine MY OWN conscience, and so is every other person in the room, including the Priest.

Pax,

Ruth

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Falling Asleep at Assemblies

by LouBelle in

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yes i have dozed off many times when i used to attend.

most of the time kept the shades on as we used to have outside assemblies.

the thing was not to slide off the chair, drop your head forward or snore.. i've seen some brothers/sister hitting a serious lean to the left or right as they slept and then they'd jerk awake, only to lean again.. some people had sneaky methods.

NanaR

I've seen some brothers/sister hitting a serious lean to the left or right as they slept and then they'd jerk awake, only to lean again

LOL Lou Belle, that's my husband!! In the afternoon especially, he'd fall asleep sitting straight up. His mouth would fall open, his head would dip to the side, and sometimes he'd even snore *hah* I had to poke him to wake him up, and then he would deny that he had been asleep.

I WANTED to sleep, but I was always wrangling kiddies, so no rest for me :-( .

heh heh

Ruth

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I Do Not Understand Why JWs Leave & Become Catholics!

by minimus in

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out of all religions, catholicism, to me, is wrong and clearly could never be the truth.

NanaR

Just A Human:

Great post!!

Ruth